Just when Republicans thought they had seen everything, Rep. Vito
Fossella (R-N.Y.) admitted Thursday that he has a 3-year-old daughter
from a long-running extramarital affair with a retired Air Force
officer.
Fossella, who is married and has three young children at home in
Staten Island, is also facing drunken-driving charges in Virginia.
GOP strategists are debating whether he should resign or announce that
he will not seek reelection in November.
Fossella's resignation would mean another special election, this one
in the nation's most expensive media market.
From The Wa****ngton Post, 5/11/08:
http://www.wa****ngtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/10/AR2008051002441.html?nav=rss_print/asection
As Losses Mount, GOP Begins Looking in the Mirror
By Paul Kane
Wa****ngton Post Staff Writer
Sunday, May 11, 2008; Page A13
Since losing 30 seats and their 12-year stranglehold on power in 2006,
House Republicans have kept asking themselves the same question:
Can it get any worse?
On Tuesday, they may get another answer they won't like.
With lots of help from Wa****ngton -- including more than $1.3 million
in campaign cash and a last-minute visit by Vice President Cheney --
Mississippi Republicans are desperately trying to retain a
congressional seat in one of the most reliably conservative districts
in the nation.
The stakes in the 1st District special election couldn't be higher,
strategically or symbolically.
The loss of a traditionally GOP seat to a Democrat would be the third
in a special election this spring and the second in the Deep South
after the May 3 victory of Rep. Don Cazayoux (D-La.).
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Music to my ears
Harry
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